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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />285'J <br /> <br />GEOGRAPHY <br /> <br />Topoqraphy <br /> <br /> <br />The Ute Mountain Indian Reservation is in the south- <br /> <br /> <br />eastern part of the Colorado Plateaus province. In <br /> <br /> <br />general, the area is characterized by little rainfall, <br /> <br /> <br />spectacular land forms of rock, and rough terrain. <br /> <br /> <br />Al ti tudes range from abou t 4,500 feet in the San Juan River <br /> <br /> <br />at Four Corners to 9,977 feet on Ute Peak, a total relief <br /> <br /> <br />of almost 5,500 feet. The most prominent topographic <br /> <br /> <br />features are Mesa Verde (fig. 3), which includes most of <br /> <br />Figure 3 (caption on next page) belongs near here. <br /> <br />the eastern part of the reservation, and the laccolithic <br /> <br /> <br />Ute Mountains, also known as Sleeping Ute Mountain (fig. 4), <br /> <br />Figure 4 (caption on next page) belongs near here. <br /> <br />in the northwestern part. <br /> <br />,.z~ <br />